Shibashi 18 Qigong/Tai Chi
4-weeks (last 4) | Registration closed 9/10/2025
The Shibashi 18 Tai Chi/Qigong form was created to move healing energy through all the meridians of the body. It improves flexibility, builds balance and lower body strength, clears the mind, and dissolves stress and tension through a series of flowing, graceful movements based on the ways energy moves in nature. Shibashi 18 is one of the most practiced—and enjoyed—forms worldwide. It’s so healing that all students of traditional medicine in China are required to study it! A perfect mixture of invigorating and calming moves, it’s a perfect yin/yang workout for beginners as well as experienced practitioners.
Cris Caivano
Cris Caivano is an exercise/movement therapist, a certified Qigong instructor (Santa Cruz Qigong Center, Lee Holden), and author of the twice-published book, Strength Training, Staying Fit and Fabulous (Dover, 2018). Originally a dancer, Cris taught dance at SUNY Purchase for over 11 years, as well as at the 92nd St Y in New York City and at the Davis Art Center, Davis CA. With a teaching background of 40 + years, she currently offers Qigong classes through her website, criscaivano.com, as well dance and Qigong workshops throughout the greater New York area and at Kripalu, in Lenox, MA. Cris holds an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College.